Bayntun 1

Commoners provides the first few generations of this family but it should be noted
that the family web site referred to below disagrees with much of it. This
leaves us with somewhat of a quandary as we are impressed by that web site
but, in the absence of detailed analysis of how it sourced its information,
feel obliged to give some precedence to Commoners & Visitation even
though we know that they are not always reliable. By following Commoners
(& Visitation) for some generations, and the family site on others,
the following represents something of a compromise and so may not be fully
accurate. Commoners starts with ...

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Sir
Henry Bayntun or Bainton or Baynton (Knight Marshal to King Henry II who
r. 1154-1189)

1.

John
Bayntun

A.

Ralph
Bayntun

m.
Eleanor Eyngrove (dau of Sir Simon Eyngrove)

i.

Ralph
Bayntun

m.
Maud Obington (dau of Sir John Obington)

a.

Ralph
Bayntun

m.
Margaret Burwash (dau of Stephen Burwash)

The
family web site omits most of the above generations, showing the following
Henry as son of Walter, son of Sir Henry the Knight Marshal.

(1)

Henry
Bayntun (a 1262)

m.
Jane Sinton (dau of Sir Hamon Sinton)

(A)

Thomas
Bayntun of Falston or Faulston (b c1300, d 28.05.1358)

Visitation
starts with this Thomas and, like Commoners, shows his wife as Beatrix,
dau of Ralph Basset. The family web site & BE1883 show his wife as
...

m.
Margaret de Grimstead (d 07.1340, dau of Richard de Grimstead by Edith
de Tablier, dau of Guido de Tablier of Faulston)

Commoners
& Visitation both show Thomas's son/heir as John "of the county of
Wilts" and father of Nicholas (who married Joan Roche) by Helen, dau of
Sir John Fitz Ellis. The family web site, supported by BE1883, shows the
next few generations as follows:

Commoners
show John's wife as Jane, dau of Sir Richard Dandeleigh. Visitation shows
her as Jane, sister of John Dandeley but with connections which indicate
confusion with the Dudley family. Note that the family web site shows his
grandmother as Joan Daundeley which may have given rise to the confusion.
The family site & BE1883 identify her as ...

Sir
Robert was attainted after fighting against 'King Edward IV' at the battle
of Tewkesbury. Visitation identifies his wife as Elizabeth, dau of Haute
of "Com Cancii" i.e. Kent. The family web site identifies her as ...

Main
source(s): Commoners (vol iv, Starkey of Bromham), Visitation (Wiltshire,
1623, Bainton) with support & some contradiction from the impressive
site at www.bayntun-history.com and some support from BEB1841 (Baynton-Rolt
of Spye Park), BE1883 (Wilmot of Rochester)
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